Immune indices and oral health in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus

BMC Oral Health

Table 2 Comparison of demographic variables and dental health status in HIV-infected patients (N = 108)

Variables	N	Mean number of permanent sound teeth	Mean number of missing teeth from disease	DMFT	DMFS
Variables	N	Mean number of permanent sound teeth	Mean number of missing teeth from disease	mean	mean
Age (yrs)	108
13 ~ 24	26	14.17	4.37	10.37	42.43
25 ~ 44	32	14.12	4.24	11.18	44.63
45 ~ 64	29	11.62	6.79	13.82	52.71
≥ 65	21	9.89	8.51	15.09	62.91
	P	0.034^**	0.004^**	0.036^**	0.013^**
Gender	108
Male	50	13.79	5.09	11.78	45.55
Female	58	11.85	6.22	13.24	53.28
	P	0.225	0.932	0.361	0.338
Marital status	108
Single	19	2.23	1.5	8.42	19.16
Married	45	3.12	2.9	14.23	31.59
Divorced	25	3.68	3.47	18.63	35.02
Widowed	19	3.24	2.68	20.31	31.13
	P	0.004^**	0.001^**	0.038^*	0.088
Education (yrs)	108
< 9	43	12.19	6.61	13.95	46.06
9 ~ 12	46	13.42	5.44	11.67	50.69
> 12	19	12.16	5.43	12.48	55.36
	P	0.735	0.898	0.561	0.466
Income per year (yuan)	108
< 12,000	12	12.74	6.57	13.15	19.93
> 12,000	96	11.87	5.47	12.14	53.52
	P	0.654	0.445	0.796	0.645
BMI (kg/m2)	108
< 18.5	25	14.48	3.42	11.24	41.02
18.5 ~ 24	78	11.21	4.98	14.27	49.42
24 ~ 28	5	15.49	10.15	16.01	62.46
	P	0.123	0.007**	0.037**	0.056

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